The sun., 1887-03-27
THE LAST BUFFALO HUNT.
MEETING ANOTHER SORT OF THE
VESTS GREAT CANE.
The Farsuit Of the Prongheru-A BuckSn,
Breneho and Dead Ruck-The Ap
Nrsaehlng Extermination OF the Antelope

brow OF the hill, found was within lOO yardS
OF my game. In my eagerness to get pair OF
savory antelope hams, as we'll as to let the men
SEQ that could shoot, even though all hands
were gaping at me. I totally forgot the. .eleva-
Non had given my sight 1t was beautiful
chance. for the antelope stood perfectly still
and looked absorbedly ut the wagon. away of
to my right. drew up, aimed for the finest
buck, and banged away l suppose my bullet
few about foot above his shoulders, possibly
two, and away went our intended hams.
There was no secret about that. in all con-
science. 1t was palpable. disgusting. humili-
ating failure and all the boys saw it. It was
in the retrieving OF my reputation that there
hangs tale.
We camped that night at the Red Buttes, the
only water for fifteen miles around. and there-
fore q good place for antelope. AS we pulled
out the next morning and headed straight for
the buttes. / saw the soldier who was riding In
advance suddenly dismount from his mule and
beckon wildly for me to come on. Putting my
horse at a gallop, soon reached him, and then
he told me there were two antelope on the
other side Of the butte. Thinking more OF re-
trieving my reputation than OF meat. 1 quickly
dismounted, left my horse, and stole up the
steep. rocky side Of the butte Private Moran
indicated. mo more nonsense with elevated
sights now. II you pleased" I said to myself
severely. To fail this time would be disaster.
reached the top and peered cautiously over
the rocks. There they were. in full view, stand
ing on the level top Of a butte rs high as
mine, looking straight at me, and only hum
dred and fifty yards away. One Of them stood
broadsde on, offering beautiful mark. and in
an instant my rifle was at my shoulder and
pointing at his. Aiming for his heart region,
just behind his fore leg. 1 fired. Down he
dropped upon the bare rock, right in his tracks,
wit tha traditional "dull thul. inst like n
sack Of wheat
Good shot p cried Moran from below.
Descending with the air OF Il conqueror, 1
went to my dead antelope. which was young
buck. and proceeded to gloat few gloats over
him. Now" thinks l. i've done 1t. That was
neat piece of work, and makes up for yester-
days affair" Presently it occurred to me to
look and see If my bullet had gone squarely
through the heart. The benst had dropped
very sudden to be Slot through the heart. 1t
H sind the Il fore M leg at all Nor had struck the
had struck the buck Just one inch behind the
eye. and gone s'luarely through g the i 6rani ,in
FEN ro WSa tried TO h fsaa Il s
there had ID been "a any timber Der !, ! % would have
In a few minutes the wagons came, up. and
all the boys fell to saying pleasant apd g Som1Ii,
was wiped out. And some ono said:
"Tast fas ", WAS dsa 3, shot, sure. DO you always
wanted to klll this fellow So he couldn't kick.
shee
1t is only fair to say that i also killed the
mate to this antelope first shot: When the first M
one dropped the other ran away for a little dis
comrlde.. fired At him and missed. but when
not not BEEN zee ior his foolish Curiosity he would not
SS fSas = fas ess aSA snoush shTes
We're i not that the antelope are disappear
Geober G 'Dsf and IN SoSSem5er " would Very ne
%sdroitness % I in stalking and ID skill in lone-range
shooting under very tryinE cireumstaneie;s i;s:
who can bring down a ,pIonghorn now without
rang Of regret @ =, end the feeling that ne ne ds is
ans ts o tie osRs Rsiss So not thss
nimble-footed prairie rover, whose graceful
form is even yet the gladdess sight that meets
ton. a And Als how how doubIy desolate win those
still enliven it little. and what desolation will
reaa1 a dsappeased hsp
!where we were at ieastl the antelope are be be,
the I coyotes coyote GS are slain Wholesale By the stryoh-
nine Of the ranchmen and COW punehers: ...,u
me e e a dy
ups and downs Of the butte country. the eye
instinctiyely searches the landscape over and
eous ana sRa Covered With as
eoms OF fttSay %
how welcome Is the sight OF a herd Of antelope! !!
the the Vision Vision follows % them and dweils upon them
with mighty sense % OF relief nan as E toaE a. they
a as Se amGsr
curately counted II they are near enough, and
everything else forgotten 1ust as long % as ,y they
ually is the monotony broken when the soil:
tary rider comes suddenly upon large nerd OF
riding over! The grand scamper which, follows
is always s.sxlI exciting even TO the most expo
On the prairie divides. where there are no
rom he long ops aa
expect t2 DO his shooting M at from 2o0 Yards Ip
can ,s ssalt XXI his I game behind little nils an and sharp
ridges ~ along the deep souSs R, ana thS gss
out Of ten the antelope sees ne hunter llrst
him iirst, and make successful stalk up 70 2
tsns xhss snd e. you w 'ne as
Is $ssd Dsst
lama don't want e see it. There is nothing not
whatever TO Judge by save the sizeol inc AM
shooting among; hills and hollows there ar are
very special facilities for the making OF mis-
takes. Even the most experienced hunters
ana cowb boys. are prone to blunier. and many
badly as they did on me. Generally one thinks
an animal is not as far Of rs it really is, but
very often the reverse is the case At first 1t is
mortitying to blunder so, so, then aggrayatinE !;
country. but finally It becomes amusing.
The finest old buck antelope which fsll to me 70
and yet most laughable end. Boyd and start
ed out together one morning, and about two
ahead Of us Q few antelope feeding. I looked
them oyer with the glass and saw one fine old
We rode TO ono side and approached the herd
behind little Unit. the time came came to
ahead on foot finally fetched up ~ the tGp tp
buck. who was feeding IN y hollow, and fired at
him The bullet him fairly, but he ran a little
brought him down, and by the time we got to
"'W W. ~. Sisam howaiad him IN saye he meat from